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The Daily Fix: Monday

All the day’s news, and the bits and pieces you may have missed…

Farmer Gus Martin in Dublin today to remind people about the Trim Haymaking Festival getting underway this Sunday. A Roll in the Hay competition, a donkey show and a welly throwing contest are all on offer

Image: Photocall Ireland

Farmer Gus Martin in Dublin today to remind people about the Trim Haymaking Festival getting underway this Sunday. A Roll in the Hay competition, a donkey show and a welly throwing contest are all on offer

Image: Photocall Ireland

EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of all the latest news as well as the bits and pieces that you may have missed.

Brian Lenihan 1959 - 2011

Brian Lenihan 1959 - 2011

Joe Drein from Templelogue signs the book of condolence for Brian Lenihan todaySource: Photocall Ireland

Brian Lenihan 1959 - 2011

Source: Photocall Ireland

Brian Lenihan 1959 - 2011

American Ambassador Dan Rooney signs the book of condolence for Brian Lenihan at Government BuildingsSource: Photocall Ireland

Brian Lenihan 1959 - 2011

Members of the public applaud on Main Street in Blanchardstown Village, as the hearse carrying the coffin of former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan TD leaves Jennings Funeral Home for St Mochtas Church in Porterstown. Source: Photocall Ireland

Brian Lenihan 1959 - 2011

Source: Photocall Ireland

Brian Lenihan 1959 - 2011

Members of the public wait on Main Street in Blanchardstown Village, for the hearse carrying the coffin of former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan TD to leave Jennings Funeral Home for St Mochtas Church in PorterstownSource: Photocall Ireland

One of the world’s most authoritative banking associations has ruled that AIB is officially in default. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has voted to recocognise AIB’s moves to enforce burden-sharing on some of its junior bondholders as a “Restructing Credit Event” aka a default.

The focus of the E.Coli outbreak in Germany is now turning to German officials as the crisis stabilises. The authorities, both federal and regional, have acknowledged that there are lessons to be learned from the way the crisis was handled. After blame swung from Spanish farmers to German beansprout growers there was much criticism of how the outbreak was tackled.

Students sitting today’s Leaving Cert higher level Maths paper 2 seemed to be relieved after the exam proved to be easier that the first paper handed out on Friday, which had been described as “unfair” and “very difficult”.

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has said that Ireland has no dedicated missing children’s hotline because nobody has applied to operate it. Four years have passed since a hotline number has been reserved for such a service, but nobody wants to take it on. The current service offered, a website, is horribly outdated.

A Mullingar man has become the first ever winner of a Deca Ironman challenge, which sees competitors complete an Ironman Triathalon every day for ten days. Gerry Duffy was one of only three men to complete the challenge.

Finally, you may still be reeling from US President Barack Obama acknowledging them in his College Green speech, but the Corrigan Brothers – you know, the ones behind ‘There’s No-one as Irish as Barack Obama’ – are nothing if not industrious. They’ve written a song about Tipperary’s very own Las Vegas. It would be a shame not to share it…

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